Whitehead Home
Whitehead Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chester City Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1967
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
86 named places within 25 miles
- Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby: 11.2 mi
- Moscow Male and Female Academy: 11.3 mi
- E. C. Matthews Home: 11.3 mi
- Moscow: 11.3 mi
- First Baptist Church: 11.3 mi
- Chester City Park: 2.6 mi
- Hobby Park: 11.2 mi
- Historical Monument Site of Fort Teran: 13.5 mi
- US 59 Neches River Access: 19.1 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 21.1 mi
- Big Hill: 7.5 mi
- Blackland Hill: 11.2 mi
- Sand Hill: 12.6 mi
- Miles Hill: 13.0 mi
- Wolf Hill: 15.8 mi
- Mobile: 9.6 mi
- Laurelia: 12.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 12.1 mi
- Manning: 17.6 mi
- Nancy: 18.8 mi
- Heritage Village Museum: 14.6 mi
- Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation Museum: 16.9 mi
- The History Center: 21.4 mi
- Polk County Memorial Museum: 22.0 mi
- Livingston Museum: 22.0 mi
- Big Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Polk County Northbound Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Polk County Southbound Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitehead Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | NE 36° | 123 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NNE 24° | 111 m | 15.8 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NNE 29° | 108 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bill Hill | NNE 15° | 101 m | 18.1 mi |
| Blackland Hill | ENE 63° | 93 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Hill | NNE 28° | 79 m | 7.5 mi |
| Miles Hill | NE 53° | 62 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sand Hill | ENE 68° | 53 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston 2 NNE, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453466639
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